Botswana

Adult female Spotted hyena in Mopane mixed age woodlands in the early morning on the 23rdof March 2018. We saw 6 Spotted hyenas in total on Round River’s Transect 7 in NG34.   by Paige Mathison, of Westminster College Spotted…

African sunset, one of the common backgrounds to our classes.   By Jacob Knudson – Saint John’s University The average American student spends hours upon hours sitting at small desks listening to lectures in hopes of earning college credit. With…

By Sergei Bluman, of the University of Vermont Round River Botswana puts students on the ground to immerse them in both the natural environment as well as the cultural and social environments in northern Botswana. We are learning about the…

By Paige Mathison, of Westminster College I start my day waking up to the sunrise shining through acacia trees. I head over to the kitchen tent and grab corn flakes and peanut butter for breakfast. I sit and eat to…

Image 1: One of our only sources of light pollution in the bush. Photo by Sam Christopher.   By Sam Christopher, of the University of Vermont As the rainy season has started to spare us from constant clouds and rain,…

by Selma Siekert – University of Vermont   The morning brings with it early rising and breakfast – an array of granola, bran-flakes, Weetabix, and an abundance of peanut butter. In the young hours of the day, students gather together…

A female waterbuck. Picture by Samara Müller.   By Jacob Knudson, of Saint John’s University The Okavango Delta harbors over 1,000 different types of plant, bird, reptile and mammal species which are often found nowhere else in the world. The…

by Anna Yu, of Colby College Dumela bo mma le bo rra! Greetings from Maun! We finished our first adventure in the field on March 4th and returned to Maun for a short stop before carrying on the journey to…

by Selma Siekert, of the University of Vermont Human beings and other animals alike interact with their natural environment for the relief of physical ailments. The Ocimum americanum, the Wild Basil plant, a part of the Lamicae (mint) family, grows…

By Emmali Cabral, of the University of Vermont Hello World! Life in the bush of Botswana is quite interesting to say the least. While we are able to go out and see amazing things and animals in the field that…

By Caroline Frigon, University of Vermont   Greetings from beautiful Botswana! The weather is lovely and we are having a wonderful time getting to know each other and this new place. I think it’s safe to say that everyone has…

By Sam Christopher, University of Vermont When I think of my backyard I see chipmunks jumping from chair to chair on my patio. Squirrels attempting to get any amount of food that they can out of the bird feeder. Dark-eyed…

By Annie Barkan, University of Vermont   Dumela from Khwai, Botswana! Last week, we arrived at our first field station at Camp Tau. As we begin our fieldwork, we find it important to share a few words about the scope…

By Sam Gerdts, Saint John’s University On September 17th I walked into the Minneapolis airport to start an adventure, not fully knowing what to expect. And now I leave knowing that this trip has been an experience of a lifetime…

By Katherine King, of Colby College   A classic in the delta, Mopane trees (Colophospermum mopane) were the very first we learned to identify in Botswana and have been by far, the most commonly seen during our time here. When…

By Lori DeCarlo, University of Vermont   For our final field trip this semester we returned to Khwai (NG18), the very first place we did our transects this season. It was amazing to come back to the first concession we started…

By Sam Gerdts, Saint John’s University   The African elephant, Loxodonta africana, is the biggest herbivore mammal left on this planet we call Earth. Even though male bulls grow to be 5000kg in weight and over 3 meters in height,…

By Kristie Weeks, University of Montana   When I was 4 years old, my parents told my two older brothers and me that if we saved our money, we could buy any breed of puppy that we wanted. Even though…